Tuesday, November 18, 2014

Corduroy Road - A Supreme Reveal!

This past winter I had the joy of testing another quilt pattern for my friend Stephanie over at Rummage. As many of you know, Stephanie has a variety of people test her bag and quilt patterns prior to publication, She calls us her "Supremes".

As soon as she showed me the prototype I immediately knew what I was going to do with this very special quilt! You can read all about the particulars of this quilt HERE. It is also currently available as a pattern from Connecting Threads.

I've tested many bag patterns for Stephanie using one of her favorite mediums, corduroy. This was the first quilt I made using corduroy. I must say I was a bit afraid of it at first, but only because I had never made an entire quilt using corduroy. Let me say, my fears were unfounded! Corduroy has now become the new flannel for me! It's easy to work with, puts less lint in your machine, and gives wonderful dimension to your projects! I really encourage you to give it a try!

On to the quilt! I knew that I wanted to make this quilt for my dear blogging friend, Pratima, whose blog is Lakumuki. Pratima and her husband, Kalyan, hail from Hyderabad in South India, although they currently live in the U.S. Mr. Squash spent some time in India and Nepal and still remembers a good deal of the Hindi language. We have enjoyed our blogging friendship and hope to meet in person some day!

Pratima and her husband celebrate the Hindu Festival of Diwali, or Festival of Lights each year. I picked the bright colors in the quilt to reflect my own interpretation of that colorful celebration.

Mr. Squash helped me pick the quilting design, which is aptly called "New Delhi". The paisleys in the pattern can be found in many Indian prints.

I used a cotton batting from my stash because of the coordinating light pink color. It really shows off my quilting. Believe me when I say this is a most warm and cozy quilt!

Here is a closeup. The color is a bit off, but you can see the embellished paisley.

I encourage you to make a quilt using Corduroy! If you need inspiration, Stephanie has written a book called Uncommonly Corduroy with lots of bag and quilt patterns.

Pratima is also posting about this quilt today. Please visit her blog Lakumuki. I'm sure she will tell a lovely story as she always does!

As a lucky recipient of this quilt, I can vouch for its velvety softness and warmth, even the colors are more vivid in real life, red is deep and pink is so sweet! Thank you very very much, your paisley quilting is so beautiful! It is a favorite motif for many Indians like Annie mentioned in her comments. Kalyan and I are touched that Diwali festival and Mr.Squash's Indian connection inspired the colors and the theme :-)

It's a beautiful quilt. The colors you've chosen are gorgeous. It's always fun seeing Stephanie's new patterns done by her Supremes. I agree with you about the corduroy! jSuch a generous and loving gift.